Pictured above is Dan Grinnell, a former UW drove the car for two years, in 1989 and 1990. As he told Gilbert, Grinnell remembers the time in 1990 when before the start of the UW-UCLA game, the UCLA band stole the key to the car. There was no spare, so Grinnell had to “hot wire” it to start.

The fiberglass car was built on a Volkswagen chassis and engine, Gilbert reports. With the renovation of Husky Stadium, and the removal of the track, there’s no room for the car to drive.

— WR Damore’ea Stringfellow makes this list of potential “impact” freshman in the Pac-12. Not a bad list, but as noted here WR John Ross and DE JoJo Mathis have been the most impressive true freshmen in the first two weeks of camp. (I’ll have more thoughts on those freshmen this weekend).

— One of the state’s top recruits, Devante Downs of THE Mountlake Terrace High School (Go Hawks!), announced his verbal commitment to Cal on Twitter. Downs, who torn his ACL at an Oregon State camp this summer, had offers from most of the Pac-12 schools, including UW.